Dev Anand looks for Bollywood talent in Inverness

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One of Bollywood’s living legends, a veteran heartthrob who has cast his cinematic spell over generations of Indian women, is about to embark on a scouting mission for a new leading lady — in Inverness.

Dev Anand, an award-winning director and one of the world’s most celebrated actors, will stop off in Scotland on his way to the Cannes Film Festival this week to search for locations and a female lead for a new “international romance” tentatively titled When Heartbeats are the Same.

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